Afghans on Saturday voted to elect a new president to steer the country as U.S.-led forces withdraw, foreign aid declines and the Taliban plot a comeback.

A boy watches as a woman gets her finger inked before casting her vote in Kabul Saturday. The election is the third presidential poll since the fall of the Taliban and the first time in Afghanistan's history that power will be democratically transferred.
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A police officer mans a checkpoint amid tightened security in Kabul for the election.
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